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In this podcast, Eleutherios Despotakis, Researcher in the Institute of Historical Research, talks about the practice of matheteia, training, in Venetian Crete, during the late medieval period (14th-15th centuries). What exactly was the practice of matheteia? What was the relationship between matheteia and the society of Chandax (modern Herakleion)? Did girls learn to read and write? Who were the teachers and how were they paid?
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This year’s numismatic seminar will be held in hybrid mode. The aim of the seminar is to demonstrate the strength of the numismatic research in Greece by pointing out the links and interactions of the discipline with history and archaeology.
Organised by the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (UoA), the National Hellenic Research Foundation (NHRF) and the École française d’Athènes (EFA).
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French School in Athens, (6 Didotou str.) & Online
This year’s numismatic seminar will be held in hybrid mode. The aim of the seminar is to demonstrate the strength of the numismatic research in Greece by pointing out the links and interactions of the discipline with history and archaeology.
Organised by the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (UoA), the National Hellenic Research Foundation (NHRF) and the École française d’Athènes (EFA).
19:00
French School in Athens, (6 Didotou str.) & Online
Διοργάνωση: Τομέας Βυζαντινών Ερευνών (ΤΒΕ/ΙΙΕ)
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Διοργάνωση: Τομέας Βυζαντινών Ερευνών (ΤΒΕ/ΙΙΕ)
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Co-organised by the Institute of Historical Research of the NHRF, the Department of History and Archaeology of the National Kapodistrian University of Athens and the École Française d’Athènes.
October 2025 – June 2026
French School in Athens (6 Didotou str., Athens) & Online
The Seminars on Greek and Roman Antiquity aim at presenting the most recent findings of research on the ancient Greek and Roman World, as well as on the wider region of the Eastern Mediterranean. They aspire to engage all disciplines relating to the study of the ancient world, focusing both on the written sources and on the material evidence, through the participation of experienced as well as younger scholars.
Co-organised by the Institute of Historical Research of the NHRF, the Department of History and Archaeology of the National Kapodistrian University of Athens and the École Française d’Athènes.
October 2025 – June 2026
French School in Athens (6 Didotou str., Athens) & Online
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